Lung Cancer Risk Calculators

Lung Cancer Risk Calculators

This site is made available for public non-profit use, that is, by individuals, universities, research institutes and hospitals and medical practices which are non-for-profit.

This site makes available downloading of a spreadsheet calculator which produces 6-year lung cancer risk (probability) estimates in ever-smokers according to the Tammemägi 2012 (PLCOm2012) lung cancer risk prediction model, the details of which were published in:

We have added a calculator for a lung cancer risk prediction model that is parallel to the PLCOm2012 in that it includes the same predictors and has 6 years of follow-up and was developed in Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial controls and was validated in PLCO intervention arm data, but it also includes never-smokers. This model is referred to as PLCOall2014. The correlation between risks estimated by PLCOm2012 and PLCOall2014 is >0.99.

Also, this site makes possible the downloading of two separate spreadsheet calculators which are based on a full (extended) model and a parsimonious model both of which predict the probability that a nodule detected on computed tomography (CT) screen is malignant. Details of these models are published in:

Before downloading one or more spreadsheet calculators, please complete the following form. This information will allow us to track use of the models and enable us to contact you and provide you with information on updates, corrections or alternative models. Please also indicate in the boxes provided which calculators you are downloading.

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Disclaimer: Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Calculators

Individual Disclaimer
The content of the CancerPredictionResearch or www.brocku.ca/lung-cancer-risk-calculator website is based on scientific research. But information provided here should not be substituted for a medical examination or physician’s advice, diagnosis or treatment. Your doctor is the most appropriate person to provide you with guidance on specific health issues. If you are currently ill or have symptoms, seek the help of your health care provider. If you are a current smoker, one of the most important health decisions you can make, is to quit smoking. Your doctor should be able to help you quit more successfully. No cancer prediction model is 100% accurate. It is important to appreciate that some individuals with low predicted risks will develop lung cancer, and not all individuals at high risk will develop lung cancer. We provide the Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Calculators as a public service only and you use it at your own risk.

Commercial Disclaimer
Tammemagi Lung Cancer Risk Calculator, (c) 2013, Brock University (the "Software").
The Software remains the property of Brock University ("the University"). The Software is distributed "AS IS" under this Licence solely for non-commercial use in the hope that it will be useful, but in order that the University as a charitable foundation protects its assets for the benefit of its educational and research purposes, the University makes clear that no condition is made or to be implied, nor is any warranty given or to be implied, as to the accuracy of the Software, or that it will be suitable for any particular purpose or for use under any specific conditions. Furthermore, the University disclaims all responsibility for the use which is made of the Software. It further disclaims any liability for the outcomes arising from using the Software. The Licensee agrees to indemnify the University and hold the University harmless from and against any and all claims, damages and liabilities asserted by third parties (including claims for negligence) which arise directly or indirectly from the use of the Software. No part of the Software may be reproduced, modified, transmitted or transferred in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the express permission of the University, with the following exception. The permission of the University is not required if the said reproduction, modification, transmission or transference is done without financial return, the conditions of this Licence are imposed upon the receiver of the product, and all original and amended source code is included in any transmitted product. You may be held legally responsible for any copyright infringement that is caused or encouraged by your failure to abide by these terms and conditions. You are not permitted under this Licence to use this Software commercially. Use for which any financial return is received shall be defined as commercial use, and includes (1) integration of all or part of the source code or the Software into a product for sale or license by or on behalf of Licensee to third parties or (2) use of the Software or any derivative of it for research with the final aim of developing software products for sale or license to a third party or (3) use of the Software or any derivative of it for research with the final aim of developing non-software products for sale or license to a third party, or (4) use of the Software to provide any service to an external organization for which payment is received. If you are interested in using the Software commercially, please contact The Office of Research Service, Brock University, to negotiate a licence. Contact details are: Bradley McLean, Senior Technology Transfer Officer (bmclean3@brocku.ca) quoting reference #2065.

Disclaimer: Nodule Malignancy Prediction Calculators

Individual Disclaimer
The content of the CancerPredictionResearch or www.brocku.ca/lung-cancer-risk-calculator website is based on scientific research. But information provided here should not be substituted for a medical examination or physician’s advice, diagnosis or treatment. Your doctor is the most appropriate person to provide you with guidance on specific health issues. If you are currently ill or have symptoms, seek the help of your health care provider. If you are a current smoker, one of the most important health decisions you can make, is to quit smoking. Your doctor should be able to help you quit more successfully. No cancer prediction model is 100% accurate. It is important to appreciate that some individuals with low predicted risks will develop lung cancer, and not all individuals at high risk will develop lung cancer. We provide the Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Calculators as a public service only and you use it at your own risk.

Commercial Disclaimer
Tammemagi Lung Cancer Risk Calculator, (c) 2013, Brock University (the "Software").
The Software remains the property of Brock University ("the University"). The Software is distributed "AS IS" under this Licence solely for non-commercial use in the hope that it will be useful, but in order that the University as a charitable foundation protects its assets for the benefit of its educational and research purposes, the University makes clear that no condition is made or to be implied, nor is any warranty given or to be implied, as to the accuracy of the Software, or that it will be suitable for any particular purpose or for use under any specific conditions. Furthermore, the University disclaims all responsibility for the use which is made of the Software. It further disclaims any liability for the outcomes arising from using the Software. The Licensee agrees to indemnify the University and hold the University harmless from and against any and all claims, damages and liabilities asserted by third parties (including claims for negligence) which arise directly or indirectly from the use of the Software. No part of the Software may be reproduced, modified, transmitted or transferred in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the express permission of the University, with the following exception. The permission of the University is not required if the said reproduction, modification, transmission or transference is done without financial return, the conditions of this Licence are imposed upon the receiver of the product, and all original and amended source code is included in any transmitted product. You may be held legally responsible for any copyright infringement that is caused or encouraged by your failure to abide by these terms and conditions. You are not permitted under this Licence to use this Software commercially. Use for which any financial return is received shall be defined as commercial use, and includes (1) integration of all or part of the source code or the Software into a product for sale or license by or on behalf of Licensee to third parties or (2) use of the Software or any derivative of it for research with the final aim of developing software products for sale or license to a third party or (3) use of the Software or any derivative of it for research with the final aim of developing non-software products for sale or license to a third party, or (4) use of the Software to provide any service to an external organization for which payment is received. If you are interested in using the Software commercially, please contact The Office of Research Service, Brock University, to negotiate a licence. Contact details are: Bradley McLean, Senior Technology Transfer Officer (bmclean3@brocku.ca) quoting reference #2065.

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